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Old 06-15-2006, 10:31 PM   #1
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I like adventure games a lot, however i only have a select few. From reading different htreads on this forum, iv come to the conclusion that for some reason the only games i do have a fairly rare, whats with that?
They are;
Ecoquest 1
Starship titanic
Obsidian
Orion Burger
Runaway (not so rare)

whats with that? i dont do it on purpose
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Old 06-16-2006, 12:56 AM   #2
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You're asking US, why all your games happen to be the rare ones???

That's a good one, mate. I haven't got a clue, though.
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Old 06-16-2006, 02:09 AM   #3
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I'm with VoodooFX on this one - perhaps your games are only rare in the eye of the beholder. Anyway - glad you enjoy playing adventures in the first place.
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Old 06-16-2006, 04:16 AM   #4
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I wouldn't call Starship Titanic rare.
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Old 06-16-2006, 05:14 AM   #5
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I thought everyone had Ecoquest 1
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Old 06-16-2006, 07:31 AM   #6
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Well no, for example I don't have it. I've played it, but I don't have the game myself.
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Old 06-16-2006, 07:37 AM   #7
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I own three of those, but I don't think any of them are particularly rare. I think EcoQuest 2 is rarer, but I could be wrong.

I wouldn't mind owning Runaway in Spanish though. Wish more Spaniards would sell their games worldwide on ebay.
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Old 06-16-2006, 09:38 AM   #8
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I have Starship Titanic and Obsidian (the latter is one of my favorite games).

Am I the only one here who will confess to owning "Mode"?
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Ha! The rarest AG I have is probably Gabriel Knight 3
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Old 06-18-2006, 07:33 AM   #10
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Those games aren't rare, having even heard of 'Nightlong', let alone having it and completing it is rarer hahaha
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Old 06-18-2006, 10:26 AM   #11
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I think one can safely say that Orion Burger is rare.
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Old 06-18-2006, 10:28 AM   #12
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Feeble Files is rare, I can't get a hold of that one.
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Old 06-18-2006, 10:57 AM   #13
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Feeble Files is rare, I can't get a hold of that one.
You can't have been looking very hard, then.
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Oh, not been looking recently. Coudn't run it anyway. What genius hasn't bothered to make a patch to make it compatible with XP? Who still uses Win 95 or 98?
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Oh, not been looking recently. Coudn't run it anyway. What genius hasn't bothered to make a patch to make it compatible with XP? Who still uses Win 95 or 98?
It works with ScummVM (well, it will when v. 0.9.0 is released, in a few weeks).
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Who still uses Win 95 or 98?
I still run Windows 98. OK, you can stop laughing now. Lots of people do.

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Is this odd or is it just me?
It's just you. LOL. I just wanted to say that.
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Old 06-18-2006, 11:13 AM   #17
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Those games aren't rare, having even heard of 'Nightlong', let alone having it and completing it is rarer hahaha
I own the demo
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I own Nightlong. Or will soon. Does that make me teh winnah?

So, rare games, eh?... Veil of Darkness? Dracula Unleashed?... no?... How about The Dark Half? That's a rare game, right? Shame it sucked though...
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I have Starship Titanic and Obsidian (the latter is one of my favorite games).
Yeah, Obsidian RULES! Pun intended.

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Am I the only one here who will confess to owning "Mode"?
I have Mode. Both the original boxed version for win95/98, released by Broderbund, and the XP-update, available at developer Jeff Green's web site. Liked it. I'm always interested in that type of adventure/interactive movie. I also have his prequel, Midnight Stranger, which is not very good, more like an experiment than a game. Imo, imo. imo.


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Old 06-19-2006, 04:52 PM   #20
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Rare games eh? I always thought Normality, the Neverhood and Sanitarium were pretty rare since they pretty much disappeared off shelves pretty soon after they were released. But I guess even a "rare" game can be obtained pretty easily through eBay.
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